Public relations and communication professionals around the world are being urged to add their voices to a landmark global survey designed to deepen understanding of mental health and wellbeing across the profession and help shape healthier workplaces for the future.
The Global Mental Health and Wellbeing Survey, open throughout October and November 2026, aims to secure at least 5,000 responses across all global regions, with the results to be released in January 2027.
The ambition is to create the first global benchmark that helps the profession better understand the mental health and wellbeing of its people, the pressures they experience at work, what supports them to thrive, and where change is most needed.
The global initiative builds on the established UK mental health and wellbeing research programme of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA UK). These have now partnered with the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management to launch the survey globally for the first time.
The CIPR and PRCA’s most recent Mental Wellbeing Audit in the UK found that despite many workplaces affirming support for good mental health among their workforce, 91% of public relations professionals had experienced poor mental health in the previous 12 months. This compared with 63% of the wider UK workforce. Almost three in ten rated their job as highly stressful, while 58% identified overwhelming workload as a key source of workplace stress.
Independent research company Opinium, which conducted the original CIPR and PRCA research, has globalised the survey for this project, providing continuity from the established evidence base while scaling up worldwide.
“Public relations and communications professionals work across every region, culture and sector, yet we have never had a truly global picture of the mental health and wellbeing challenges facing our profession. This initiative is an important step towards building that understanding. By bringing together professional bodies and practitioners around the world, we can create a stronger evidence base to identify where support is needed and help drive meaningful change across the profession,” said Justin Green, president and CEO of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management.
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